What is Kernel Memory? What function does it serve?
Jun 8, 2011 · The 'kernel' is the core bit of the operating system - the part that lets you talk to the hardware, the part that actually does the 'operating' as it were. Kernel memory, accordingly, is …
windows - What is *Paged* Kernel Memory? - Super User
Paged kernel memory can be written to a page file, if one exists. Nonpaged kernel memory will not ever be written to a page file. A "nonpaged memory pool" is needed to provide memory in situations …
Which memory can be accessed using Meltdown and Spectre v1/v2?
Jan 14, 2018 · The projectzero blog post shows that specter can be used to access kernel memory. Variant 1 can read kernel memory by running arbitrary code in kernel mode inside a sandbox (for …
linux - Extending the kernel's 4MB limit for memory allocations using ...
Mar 26, 2019 · I've tried the kernel flags CONFIG_DMA_CMA, etc. to enable allocation via the contiguous memory allocator. I see the CMA memory being reserved, and I see the cma_allocator …
Should I use a "Small Memory Dump" or "Kernel Memory Dump?"
Kernel memory dump This kind of dump file is significantly smaller than the Complete Memory Dump. Typically, the dump file will be around one-third the size of the physical memory on the system. Of …
How to view details of "Kernel Stack" memory - Super User
Oct 17, 2022 · After restarting, it was around 50,000kb. I suspect there may be a memory leak. I'm wondering if it's possible for me to explore a bit deeper what is inside kernel stack memory, or if …
windows - What are "Commited Memory", "Cached", "Paged", "Not …
Feb 28, 2019 · Q1: What exactly are Commited Memory, Cached, Paged , Not-Paged pool and how they are different with In-Use Memory. Q2: As far as i know the kernel has a complex memory …
If memory is not released after shutdown, does it mean it is kernel or ...
Oct 11, 2023 · Doing Windows restart will "flush" the memory. However, I noticed that doing shutdown and startup does not. I know Windows does somekind of kernel memory backup to disk on shutdown …
memory - Hardware error messages from syslogd - Super User
Mar 3, 2016 · Dynamic memory is just main memory (as opposed to cache which is usually made from static memory). ECC is memory which is designed to detect and correct single bit corruption.
memory - High Non Paged Pool? - Super User
Dec 2, 2020 · I have 32GB over memory, and 514MB non paged pool. Forgive me if I explain anything you already know. Your Paged memory is the data that was stored on the physical RAM, but has not …